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Stavanger

Stavanger

Stavanger, officially the Stavanger Municipality, is a city and municipality in Norway.

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It is the third largest city and third largest metropolitan area in Norway and the administrative center of Rogaland county. The municipality is the fourth most populous in Norway. Located on the Stavanger Peninsula in southwest Norway, Stavanger counts its official founding year as 1125, the year the Stavanger Cathedral was completed. Stavanger's core is to a large degree 18th- and 19th-century wooden houses that are protected and considered part of the city's cultural heritage. This has caused the town center and inner city to retain a small-town character with an unusually high ratio of detached houses, and has contributed significantly to spreading the city's population growth to outlying parts of Greater Stavanger.

Get in

Getting to Stavanger

  1. 01
    Stavanger Airport

    Sola (SVG IATA) (a 20 minute drive from Stavanger).

  2. 02
    Stavanger Main

    Stavanger Bus Terminal is next to Stavanger Main Station.

  3. 03
    Risavika International Ferry Terminal
  4. 04
    Fiskepirterminalen.
Do

Things to do

The seasons control what to do in Stavanger. Stavanger has a maritime climate, with cool summers and mild winters. Summers features periods of warm and nice weather, although they sometimes can be rainy. Winters usually mean more rain than snow in Stavanger, although going into the mountains will ensure snow. Hiking and climbing around Stavanger is the best way to see the fantastic landscape.

  1. 01
    Preikestolen

    The Preikestolen Plateau (the Pulpit Rock) is one of the most famous attractions in Norway.

  2. 02
    Bus to Kjerag
  3. 03
    Swim at Godalen Beach

    Popular bathing area including a beach, barbecue facilities and play area for children.

  4. 04
    Swim at Rosenli Beach

    Less crowded beach, also with BBQ facilities.

  5. 05
    Swim at Lervig's Park
Eat

Where to eat

Stavanger is considered a great place for foodies, with a range of good restaurants and an annual food fair that fills up the harbour area for a week-end each summer. Eating out is generally not cheap, like everywhere in Norway. If you're on a budget you should go for the smaller ethnic restaurants (Chinese, Thai).

How locals move

Getting around Stavanger the local way

  • Get in[https://flyhau.no/en/ Haugesund Airport, Karmøy () (occasionally referred to as Helganes by Haugesund locals) is served by some charter flights and seasonal Norwegian flights from a couple of international destinations, as well as domestic flights from Oslo and Bergen.
  • Get inThere is a ferry crossing on the way, charging 172 kr if you bring a private vehicle up to 6 m.
  • Get inFerries on the route are included in the bus ticket where applicable.
  • Get inPassengers will sit on the bus for boarding and deboarding, but are usually required to leave the bus and stay on passenger decks during ferry crossings.
  • Get inFjord Line operates a daily overnight cruise ferry from Hirtshals in Denmark to Stavanger, and onwards to Bergen.
  • Get inTravellers that arrive to Bergen with the ferry from Stavanger on the same day can check in their luggage with Hurtigruten shortly after arrival, then spend the day in Bergen before their evening departure.
  • Get inThe ferry docks at are a 20 minute drive from the city centre.
  • Get aroundThe fare system covers the green and white city buses, the green and grey local trains, as well as passenger boat line 800 to Byøyene and Hommersåk and the Vassøy ferry.

From Wikivoyage: Stavanger, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us. Last edited 2026-09.

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